Release Blast -- His Pregnant Princess Bride by Catherine Mann

Releasing on February 1st, 2016 (Digital) and February
9th, 2016 (Print)

Harlequin Desire

A princess and a Southern billionaire are expecting
twins! Only from USA TODAY bestselling author Catherine Mann!

His focus is on his family's football dynasty. Louisiana
billionaire Gervais Reynaud has no time for romance. But he can't say no to a
tryst with Erika Mitras. True, she's a princess, but in no way prim…or proper.
Their time together is unbelievable…and all too short.

When Erika said goodbye, she meant it. But now she must
tell Gervais the truth. He's about to be a father…to royal twins. After leaving
her overbearing family, Erika wants nothing from Gervais. But the tempting
tycoon just may charm her into a future she desires all too much.

His dark eyes heated her with memories as
he strode toward her. His long legs ate the ground in giant slices, his khakis
and sports jacket declaring him in the middle of a work day. He stopped in
front of her, his broad shoulders blocking the sun and casting his handsome
face in shadows. But she didn’t have to see to know his jaw would be peppered
with the stubble that seemed to grow in seconds after he shaved. Her fingers –
her body – remembered the texture of that rasp well.

Her breath caught somewhere in her chest.

He folded his
arms over his chest, just under the Hurricanes logo stitched on the front of
his jacket. “Welcome to the States, Erika. No one mentioned your intention to
visit. I thought you don’t like sports.”

“And yet, here
I am.” And in need of privacy out of the bright Louisiana sun and the even
brighter curious eyes of his team and staff. She needed space and courage to
tell him why she’d made this unexpected journey across the Atlantic to this
muggy bayou state. “This is not an official royal visit.”

“And you’re not
in uniform.” His eyes glided over her wrap around dress.

“I’m out of the
service now.” About to return to school to be a nurse, the career field she’d
hoped to pursue in the military but they would not allow her such an in-the-field
position, instead preferring to dress her up and trot her around as a
figure-head translator. “I am here for a conference on homeopathic herbs and
scents.” A part of her passion in the nursing field, and a totally made up
excuse for being here today.

“Are you here
to share specially scented deodorant to my players? Because they could
certainly use it.” His mouth tipped with a smile.

“Are you
interested in such a line?” Still jet-lagged from the transatlantic flight, she
was ill-prepared to exchange pleasantries.

“Is that why
you are here? For business?”

She could not
just banter with him. She simply could not. “Please, can we go somewhere
private to talk?”

He searched her
eyes with for a long moment before gesturing over his shoulder. “I’m in the middle
of a meeting with sponsors. How about supper?”

“I am not here
for seduction,” she stated bluntly.

“Okay.” His eye
brows shot upward. “I thought I asked you to join me for gumbo, not sex. But
now that we’re talking about sex--”

“We are not.”
She cut him short. “Finish your meeting if you must, but I need to speak with
you as soon as possible. Privately. Unless you want your personal business and
mine overheard by all of your team straining to listen.”

She definitely
was not ready for them to hear she was pregnant with the heir to the Reynaud
family dynasty.

USA Today bestseller and RITA Award winning author Catherine Mann writes contemporary romance for Berkley, Harlequin, Sourcebooks and Tule. With over sixty books released in more than twenty countries, she has also celebrated six RITA finals, an RT Reviewer’s Award finalist, three Maggie Award of Excellence finals and a Bookseller’s Best win. Catherine and her flyboy husband live on the Florida coast where they brought up their 4 children – and still have 5 four-legged, furry “children” (aka pets). Catherine is an active volunteer with an animal rescue, serving on their Board of Directors and fostering over 200 puppies, ill dogs, and dogs with service/working potential.